NIMCET-2022

NIT MCA COMMON ENTRANCE TEST 2022

INFORMATION BROCHURE
For Centralized Counselling
Starting from 07 July, 2022

Participating NITs

NIT MANIT Bhopal

MNNIT NIT NIT Agartala
Jamshedpur
Allahabad Tiruchirappalli

NITK Surathkal
NIT Kurukshetra NIT Raipur NIT Warangal

Coordinating Institute

National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

P.O: NIT Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India, PIN: 831014
E-mail: secretary_nimcet2022@nitjsr.ac.in
www.nimcet.in www.nimcet.admissions.nic.in
 INSTITUTE LEVEL COMMITTEE FOR NIMCET – 2022

PROF. KARUNESH KUMAR SHUKLA

Chairman, NIMCET – 2022
Director,
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur

Prof. D K Yadav
Secretary, NIMCET -2022
Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Prof. Amaresh Kumar Prof. Danish Ali Khan

Joint Secretary (Academic), Joint Secretary (Technical & Admin),
NIMCET – 2022 NIMCET – 2022
Dean (Academics), NIT Jamshedpur Professor, Department of Computer Science &
Engineering, NIT Jamshedpur

Dr M A Hassan
Convener, Technical Committee, NIMCET – 2022
Associate Dean (Academics), NIT Jamshedpur

Members
1. Col )Dr NK Rai, Registrar, NIT Jamshedpur
2. Dr. Rakesh Pratap Singh, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
3. Dr. Binod Kumar Singh, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering
4. Dr. Ch. Madhusudana Rao, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
5. Dr. Amit Prakash, Associate Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
6. Mr. Sunil Kumar Bhagat, AR ( S&P) & AR ( F&A)
7. Mr. Saikat Mridha, Accountant, NIT Jamshedpur
Participating Institutions:
1. National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
2. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad
3. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
4. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli (Trichy)
5. National Institute of Technology, Agartala
6. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra
7. National Institute of Technology, Raipur
8. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Surathkal
9. National Institute of Technology, Warangal
 Online Counselling Process for NIMCET-2022
Process Overview
The following online support services are required to be accomplished in different Phases:

Registration for Counseling Choice Filling by Choice Locking by First Round of

&Registration Fee Payment Candidates Candidates Seat
Allocation

1. View Allotment Result

2. Download Allotment Letter Vacancy due to Seat Second Round of
Online Document
Rejection/ Non- Seat
3. Submit Willingness Option Verification by
Reporting /Non- Allotment
4. Upload the Required Documents Allotted Institute
payment of Fee
5. Pay Seat Acceptance Fee

1. View Allotment Result

2. Download Allotment Letter Vacancy due to Seat Third Round of
3. Submit Willingness Option Online Document Rejection/ Non- Seat
Verification (Fresh Reporting /Non- Allotment
4. Upload the Required Document payment of Fee
Candidates) by Allotted
5. Pay Seat Acceptance Fee Institute /Withdrawal
6. Willingness Change
7. Withdrawal

Registration and
Participation Fee
1. View Allotment Result Payment for Special
Vacancy
2. Download Allotment Letter Round of Counseling
Additional Partial duetoSeatRejection/Non-
Reporting
3. Upload the Required Document Admission Fee /Non-payment of Fee
4. Pay Seat Acceptance Fee payment /Non-payment of Partial
Admission
5. Withdrawal Fee/Withdrawal

Online Document Verification (Fresh

SpecialRoundSeatAllotment Candidates) by Allotted Institute

1. View Allotment Result

2. Upload the Required Document
3. Pay Seat Acceptance Fee/ Partial
Admission Fee
4. Download Allotment Letter

Physical Reporting at Allotted Institute Admission Closed

1 Online Registration Process
All candidates eligible for counselling must register afresh for counselling and admission process.
In this stage, all the NIMCET Qualified candidates as per eligibility criteria are required to register
online from any place convenient to them. The candidate can register for counselling only once.
After submission of new candidate registration form, candidate will login to complete the remaining
activities. Candidates’ profile information (available in NIMCET exam Data) like DOB, Gender, Mother
Name etc. information will be shown in read-only mode. To complete the registration process,
candidate will provide information like contact detail, Qualification detail and upload scanned copy of
all essential documents as per the predefined size and format. (Please refer to user guide for online
registration)
Please Read the Whole Document Carefully Before Registering for Counselling:

1.1 Candidates Registration for counselling

Use www.nimcet.admissions.nic.in for counselling.
The candidate is required to enter NIMCET Application Number, Name, Father’s Name and DOB and
will be authenticated with the Data provided by the candidate at the time of application. After
successful authentication,candidate needs to choose a password to complete the remaining steps for
registration. After successful registration, candidate will use the NIMCET Application Number and
chosen password for subsequent logins.

1.2 Sign-in
Candidate will use the NIMCET Application Number and chosen password during registration for
subsequent logins. After successful login, candidate will be redirected to the home page to perform
the remaining activities like registration, upload images and documents and choice filling etc.
1.3 Email and Mobile Number Verification
A separate link/button will be available on candidate's home page for verification of his/her email
address and mobile no. Candidate can verify his/her email address by sending the OTP.
1.4 Registration Process Rules
• Registration is allowed only once in Round 1 for first three rounds of Counselling. Registration
is mandatory for counselling and admission. A non-registered candidate will NOT be allotted
any seat at any round under any circumstances.

1.5 Authentication for Registration

Following four parameters will be validated with the NIMCET rank data. Therefor candidate
should remain careful about entering the same data as mentioned in the NIMCET-2022 exam
application.
NIMCET 2022 Application Number
Candidate Name
Father’s Name
Date of Birth
Only after successful authentication, candidate will be allowed to complete the registration
process.

1.6 Updating of personal data during Registration Process

During Registration Process, candidate’s few personal information will be shown in read only mode as
mentioned in NIMCET Rank database and cannot be edited. And following information can be edited as
per the following rules.
 Parameter Value as per NIMCET Options for Change
Data
Category GEN • GEN
• GEN-EWS
• OBC-NCL
GEN-EWS • GEN
• GEN-EWS
OBC-NCL • GEN
• OBC-NCL
SC • SC
ST • ST
PwD No • No
• Yes
Yes • No
• Yes

Candidates are required to furnish the additional information like qualification details,contact
details in multiple steps.
All appearing candidates must upload undertaking (information brochure, Annexure 5) in place
of proof of passing the qualifying degree.

1.7 Document Upload

Candidates are required to upload following documents for the online document verification.

SN Document Remarks
1 Class X Certificate/ Birth Certificate Mandatory for every candidate
2 i) Graduation Mark sheet for Mandatory for every candidate
Pass out students.

ii) Annexure V for appearing Mandatory for every candidate

students.

3 NIMCET Score/Rank Card Mandatory for every candidate

4 Respective Category Certificate Mandatory for SC/ST/OBC-NCL/GEN-EWS candidates
5 PwD certificate Mandatory for PwD candidates

1.8 Photograph Upload

Candidates are required to upload the photograph during Registration Process.

1.9 Online Registration Fee Payment Rules

After the registration, candidate needs to pay the Registration Fee. Only after payment of
registration fee, candidate will be allowed to fill the choices.
• Registration Fee: The candidate must pay a non-refundable registration fee of ₹1,000/-
. Candidates who’llpay the registration fee, will be allowed to fill the choices.

1.9.1 Payment modes

Billdesk will provide EPG Services. Following modes of payment will be available-
 • Debit Card
• Credit Card
• Net Banking

1.10 Choice Filling

After the registration and registration fee payment, candidates may submit their choices of Institutes
in order of their preference. Only valid choices will be shown to the candidates and can fill in as many
choices in the order of preference as they wish from the list of available choices. Various interfaces
will be available to candidates to re-arrange/ delete earlier filled choices. Choices submitted in the 1st
round of counselling will be processed till 3rd round. No fresh choices submission will be permitted in
2nd and 3rd round.

1.10.1 Choice Locking and Printing of Locked Choices

Locking of choice will be enabled as per schedule. Candidates MUST lock their choices only after they
have finalized them but, in any case, before last date & time. If candidate fail to explicitly lock his/her
choices by last date & time, last saved choices will be automatically locked by system after the
deadline. After locking of the choices, candidates will not be allowed to modify their submitted
choices. They may take the printout of the locked choices.

1.10.2 Choice Filling Rules

• All candidates who have successfully registered and fee paid are required to submit their
choices of Institute in order of their preference.
• System will show only the valid choices based on the application form details submitted by
the candidate.
• Candidates can fill in as many numbers of choices in the order of preference as they wish to
from the list of available choices.
• Candidates are permitted, if they so desire, to change or re-order their choices, delete
earlier choices and add new choices any number of times until they lock their final choices.
1.10.3 Choice Locking Rules
• ‘Lock Choice’ button will be enabled as per counselling schedule.
• Candidates MUST lock their choices only after they have finalized them. This includes, re-
entering the password, confirming the locking etc. Candidate should follow all the steps
carefully to complete the locking procedure.
• After the choices are locked, candidates will not be able to change their choices. A printable
version of the choices along with the terms and conditions agreed by the candidate at the
time of registration is displayed once the choices are locked.
• If a candidate fails/forgets to lock his/her choices within the pre-announced deadline, his/her
last saved choices will be considered final and will be locked by the system after deadline of
locking schedule.
1.11 Seat Allotment

Seat will be allotted in the order of merit. Input and output data like eligible candidates, choices, seat
matrix and seat allotment result will be shared with Organizing Institute for verification and approval.
The result will be published on the portal.
In each round, seat allotment result will be published on the website. Candidate can login with user Id
 and Password and see the result. If seat is allotted then seat allotment result will be displayed which
includes candidate’s basic details, allotment details and important instructions. After viewing the
result, candidates are required to perform following activities.

• Uploading of required documents for verification. It is mandatory for fresh allotted

candidates.
• Online Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee of Rs 10000/-. It is mandatory for fresh allotted candidates.
• If PI user raises the query during document verification in case of any doubt, candidate will
respond the query with re-uploading for desired document. Responding the query within
stipulated time is mandatory.
• Online Willingness submission. It is mandatory for fresh allotted candidates.

Candidate can perform following activities after completion of document verification by the allotted
institute –

• Download the Online Document Verification Certificate.

• Online change willingness (if allotted seat is not cancelled): Change their willingness.
Changing the willingness is optional.
• Online withdrawal (if allotted seat is not cancelled): withdrawal is optional.

1.12 Online Document Verification

Online document verification will be conducted by allotted institute. The document verification will
be done by the PI user of the respective allotted institute only in the online mode. In case of a doubt
regarding the documents, the PI user of the allotted Institute will raise a query to the candidate,
against which, the candidate can respond through her/his login. This interaction between the PI user
and the candidate can occur multiple times till the issue is not resolved. The candidate will be
compulsorily required to submit his/her clarifications/documents in response to the queries raised
bythe PI user of the Allotted Institute in the stipulated time period, failing which he/she will be treated
as Not Reported, and hence her/his seat will be cancelled and will not be considered for seat allotment
in subsequent rounds.

1.12.1 Document Verification Rules

• Online document verification will be carried out as per predefined schedule.
• Document will be verified by the allotted institute
• When candidate pays the Seat Acceptance Fee, PI Admin will assign this candidate to
Document Verifying Official of own institute.
• All the designated PI users will verify the uploaded documents of all the candidates who
have uploaded the documents and paid the seat acceptance.
• They can raise queries in the uploaded documents. A SMS and Email will be sent to the
candidate's registered mobile no and email id to inform. After that candidate will login and
remove the discrepancies in the document(s) by uploading respective new documents.
• If candidate does not respond to the query within specified time-schedule, the verifying
official may update the data accordingly.
 1.13 Updating Rule during document Verification
• PI User can update the candidate details as per the rules given below.
Value as per NIMCET Options for Change
Parameter Data
Category GEN • GEN
GEN-EWS • GEN
• GEN-EWS
OBC-NCL • GEN
• OBC-NCL
SC • GEN
• SC
ST • GEN
• ST
PwD No • No
Yes • No
• Yes
Qualification Details • Can change as per the uploaded mark sheet.

Minimum • NO
Qualification (Does • Yes
the candidate
satisfies the By opting “No”, candidate will become ineligible for complete
minimum eligibility counselling.
criteria)

Input provided by PI user during document verification as per candidate’s document available, candidate
data will be updated as above business rules. After document verification, those candidates, who will
not full fill the eligibility criteria, will be considered ineligible for subsequent round of counselling.
Based on Input provided by PI user during document verification, if allotted seat is Confirmed then
“Provisional Admission Letter” will be generated and if seat got cancelled then “Seat Cancellation
Letter” will be generated in the Candidate’s login.
Same process will be allowed in all rounds of document verification. Only fresh allotted candidates will
be allowed for document verification.

1.14 Online Seat Withdrawal

A candidate, whose documents has been verified and want to cancel his/her allotted seat and seek
the refund of fee, will have to login in the system and get the withdrawal during the specified period.

1.15 Online Willingness Change

A candidate, whose documents have been verified by the allotted institute and their seat has been
confirmed, can change their willingness option as per the business rules during the specified period
by login into the system.

1.15.1 Willingness Rules

Candidate will choose one of the following options-
• Float: Allotted and preferences better than allotted preference will be processed in next
round.
• Freeze: Only allotted preference will be considered. Candidate’s allotted category may be
 upgraded but preference will be same.

1.15.2 Willingness change rule

• “Floating” to “Freezing” is allowed but vice-versa not allowed.

1.16 Online Seat Acceptance Fee Payment Rules

• Seat Acceptance Fee: The candidate must pay a seat acceptance fee of ₹10,000/- (Rupees
ten thousand only), failing which he/she will not be considered for seat allotment in any
further round except special round.
1.17 Vacancy due to Non-Reporting/Non-Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee/Withdrawn
Vacancies will be generated due to those candidates whom Fee payment was required, but
theydidn’t complete required activity.

1.18 2nd Round of Seat Allotment

All the eligible candidates will be considered for 2nd round of Seat Allotment in the order of merit.
Input and output data like eligible candidates, choices, seat matrix and seat allotment result will be
shared with Organizing Institute for verification and approval. After the approval, result can be
published on the portal.

1.19 3rd Round of Seat Allotment

All the eligible candidates will be considered for 3rd round of Seat Allotment in the order of merit. After
the approval, result will be published on the portal.

1.20 Additional Partial Admission Fee Payment

All provisionally admitted candidates (First to Third round) will pay additional Partial admission fees
for admission confirmation, non-payment of required Partial admission fees shall lead to the
cancellation of the seat. This fee needs to be paid at the end of 3rd round.

Category Partial Admission Fee

GEN, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL ₹ 30,000/-
SC, ST, PwD ₹ 20,000/-

No need to report to the allotted institute after the payment of partial fee payment.
1.20.1 Payment modes
Billdesk will provide EPG Services. Following modes will be available-
• Debit Card
• Credit Card
• Net Banking

1.21 Special Round of Counselling

After 3rd Round, a Special Round will be held. Candidate will participate for registration and
complete all the formalities.

1.22 Seat Matrix Structure

 Seat Matrix structure will be uniform in among all participating institutes.

NAME OF THE PWD PWD- PWD PWD

OP OBC SC ST EWS PWD-SC TOTAL
INSTITUTE -OP OBC -ST -EWS
All India Quota
NIT Agartala 12 08 04 03 02 01 00 00 00 00 30
MNNIT Allahabad 45 29 16 08 11 02 02 01 01 01 116
MANIT Bhopal 44 30 16 08 11 02 01 01 01 01 115
NIT Jamshedpur 44 30 16 08 11 02 01 01 01 01 115
NIT Kurukshetra 25 16 09 05 06 01 01 01 00 00 64
NIT Kurukshetra
12 08 05 02 03 01 01 00 00 00 32
(Self-Financing)
NIT Raipur 43 27 15 08 11 02 01 01 01 01 110
NITK Surathkal 22 15 09 04 06 01 01 00 00 00 58
NIT Tiruchirappalli 45 29 16 08 11 02 02 01 01 00 115
NIT Warangal* 22 15 08 04 06 01 01 01 00 00 58
TOTAL 314 207 114 58 78 15 11 7 5 4 813

The duration of MCA program is three years.

* NIT Warangal offers a three-year duration MCA program but with an option for the students to exit at the end of
successful two years and the title of such exit would be Post -Graduate Advanced Diploma in Computer
Applications.

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE ABOVE TABLE: -

ABBREVIATION STANDS FOR ABBREVIATION STANDS FOR
Other Backward Classes – Persons with
OP Open / General OBC-PwD
Disability
Open – Persons with Disability/
OP-PwD SC Scheduled Caste
Differently Abled
Open- Economically Weaker Scheduled Caste- Persons with
OP-EWS SC-PwD
Section Disability/Differently Abled
Economically Weaker Section–
EWS-PwD ST Scheduled Tribe
Persons with Disability
Other Backward Classes Scheduled Tribe- Persons with
OBC ST -PwD
(non-creamy layer) Disability/Differently Abled

1.23 Seat Allotment

1.23.1 Seat Allotment Sequence

Sequence of allocation is as follows:

Category PwD Sequence of Allotment (seat types)

Status

General No Open
General Yes Open→Open-PwD
Category (SC/ ST/ OBC-NCL/ GEN-EWS) No Open→Category
Category (SC/ ST/ OBC /GEN-EWS) Yes Open→Open-PwD→Category→Category-PwD

1.23.2 Seat Allotment – General Rules

Only valid choices will be processed.
The choices finally submitted and locked by the candidates or system locked, will be processed in order
of Rank and candidate’s preferences as per approved Seat Allotment Algorithm and seats are allotted in
the order of merit as per AIR and on the basis of applicable reservation criteria.
Candidates who are allotted seats will have to pay the seat acceptance fee online, failing which their
allotted seat shall stand cancelled and candidate will not be considered in further rounds of seat
allotment except Special round.
Seat allotment will be done in each Round. In the first round, all the seats will be allotted to the
candidates. In the subsequent rounds, seats will be allotted against the available vacancies in the
respective rounds.
Candidates who opted withdraw option, will not be considered in seat allotment for further rounds.
After the allotment, results will be available on the public portal in the following terms.
• Candidate wise result: Candidates can view their result by logging into the system
• Institute wise Allotment
• Opening and Closing Rank
1.23.3 1st Round of Seat Allotment rules
Eligible Candidates: Candidates, who will fill their choices and have at least one valid
choice,will be eligible for the allocation.
Allotment Result: After Allotment of 1st Round, result will be available on the portal.
Opening and closing rank will also be published on the public portal.

1.23.4 2nd and 3rd Round of Seat Allotment rules

No fresh registrations would be allowed in the 2nd and 3rd round of counselling. Only those
candidates, who had registered in the 1st round, will be eligible in these rounds of counselling.

1.23.4.1 Eligibility for 2nd and 3rd round of Seat Allotment

There are four Groups of eligible candidates:

• Group–I (Fresh candidates): Registered candidates who are not allotted any seat in the
previous round of seat allotment.
• Group–II (Seat Cancelled Candidates): Those candidates whose allotted seat got cancelled
during document verification due to any reason.
• Group–III (Seat Confirmed and Freeze Candidates): Those candidates, who have submitted
the willingness as Freeze and whose allotted seat got confirm during document verification.
Their earlier allotted seat will be retained; however, their allotted category may be upgraded
as per business rules.
• Group–IV (Seat Confirmed and Float Candidates): Those candidates, who have submitted the
willingness as Float and whose allotted seat got confirm during document verification.

1.23.4.2 Non-Eligibility for 2nd and 3rd round of Seat Allotment

• Those who have not paid the Seat Acceptance Fee after seat allotment in any of the
previous round.
• Those candidates whose allotted seat cancelled due to non-fulfilment of documents & other
criteria of admission and become permanently ineligible for the entire rounds of counselling.
• Those candidates who have withdrawn from counselling.
1.23.5 Business Rules for Seat Allotment
• The choices that will be submitted by above group of candidates will be processed centrally
against the available vacancy and the seat allotment result for this round would be made
available on the website.
• For Group-III Candidates: Their earlier allotted seat will be retained; however, their allotted
category may be upgraded as per business rules.
• For Group-IV Candidates: In this round, a new seat may be allotted out of the choice
 preferences given above the previously allotted seat. In case, no new seat is allotted then their
earlier allotted seat would be retained; however, their allotted category may be upgraded as
per business rules.
1.23.6 Document Verification Rules
• Online document verification will be carried out as per predefined schedule.
• Document will be verified by the allotted institute
• When candidate pays the Seat Acceptance Fee, PI Admin will assign this candidate to
Document Verifying Official of own institute.
• All the designated PI users will verify the uploaded documents of all the candidates who
have uploaded the documents and paid the seat acceptance.
• They can raise queries in the uploaded documents. A SMS and Email will be sent to the
candidate's registered mobile no and email id to inform. After that candidate will login and
remove the discrepancies in the document(s) by uploading respective new documents.
• If candidate does not respond to the query within specified time-schedule, the verifying
officialmay update the data accordingly.
1.23.6.1 Updating Rule during document Verification
• PI User can update the candidate details as per the rules given below.
Value as per NIMCET Options for Change
Parameter Data
Category GEN • GEN
GEN-EWS • GEN
• GEN-EWS
OBC-NCL • GEN
• OBC-NCL
SC • GEN
• SC
ST • GEN
• ST
PwD No • No
Yes • No
• Yes
Qualification Details • Can change as per the uploaded mark sheet.

Minimum Qualification • NO
(Doesthe candidate satisfies • Yes
the minimum eligibility By opting “No”, candidate will become ineligible for
criteria) complete
counselling.

• Input provided by PI user during document verification as per candidate’s document available,
candidate data will be updated as above business rules. After document verification,
those candidates, who will not full fill the eligibility criteria, will be considered ineligible
for subsequent round of counselling.
• Based on Input provided by PI user during document verification, if allotted seat is Confirmed
then “Provisional Admission Letter” will be generated and if seat got cancelled then
“Seat Cancellation Letter” will be generated in the Candidate’s login.
• Same process will be allowed in all rounds of document verification. Only fresh allotted
 candidates will be allowed for document verification.

1.23.7 Withdrawal Rules

• A candidate, who has already accepted a seat in one of the Institute allotted, can withdraw
the seat.
• Candidate has to login using his/her login credential and initiate online withdrawal request.
They have to agree with online declaration that after withdrawal operation, his/her currently
allotted seat will be cancelled, and candidate will not be participating in the subsequent
rounds of counselling.
• If a candidate withdraws a seat, the candidate’s allotted seat will be cancelled and offered to
another candidate in a subsequent round of counselling. The candidate withdrawing shall be
excluded from the first three rounds of counselling process, which means the candidate shall
not be considered for subsequent rounds of seat allocation (if any).

2 Special Round of Counselling

2.1 Special Round of Counselling
• There will be only one Special round and it will be the last and final round of counselling.
• Participation in Special round is optional.
• A candidate must consciously register for the Special round and pay a fee of Rs 1000/- and
confirm his/her willingness to participate in the Special round. Once a candidate confirms
his/her participation in Special round, the decision cannot be reversed.
• The participants in the Special round will be able to revise their choices of institutes if they
wish.
• It is noted that if a candidate is allotted a new seat in the Special round, his/her earlier
allotment/ admission (if any) shall automatically stand cancelled. The candidate cannot claim
his/her earlier allotted seat.
• If the candidate does not get any allotment in special round, his/her present seat will remain
valid if he/she had completed all necessary admission process and paid the Additional Partial
Admission Fee. That is why when such candidates select their choices in Special round, the
institute where he/she has already completed admission does not appear in the list of choices.

2.1.1 Eligibility for Special Round

All the eligible candidates including absentees, withdrawal, cancelled, non-payment of the main
counselling will be allowed to participate in Special Round of counselling.

2.1.2 Non-eligibility for Special Round

Those candidates who became ineligible during registration or document verifications process of main
counselling.

2.2 Vacancy for Special Round

The vacancies would include those available in all Participating Institutions after Additional Partial
Admission Fees. This is a tentative vacancy, and it may change due to shifting/upgradation of already
selected candidates.
 2.3 Registration Process Rules
Online Registration process is similar to the earlier registration. Candidates who desire to participate in
the Special Round should log-in to portal and complete the registration process.
2.3.1 Participation Fee for Special Round
Payment of Special Round participation fee will be mandatory for all candidates except those candidates
who have deposited the seat acceptance fee earlier. Special Round Participation Fee will be as follows.

Particulars Participation Fee

Fresh Registration (Not Registered Earlier) ₹ 11,000
(Counselling fee ₹ 1,000/- &
seat acceptance fees
₹ 10,000/-)

Registered for Earlier Rounds but Seat Not Allotted ₹ 10,000/-

Candidates Allotted Seat but Withdrawn during 1st -3rd NIL
rounds
Candidates already paid the Seat Acceptance Fee but seat NIL
NOT withdrawn during 1st -3rd rounds

2.4 Special Round Choice Filling & Locking

• Only those candidates, who have paid the participation fee, can fill the choices.
• All the choices will be shown to the candidate irrespective whether seat is available or not because
during processing few virtual vacancies may arise.
• For all provisionally admitted candidates, who have paid the additional participation fee, if they
desired to participate in the Special Round then during choice filling, the admitted institute where
he/she has already completed admission does not appear in the list of available choices. After locking,
the admitted choice will automatically be added in the last position of filled choices.
• ‘Lock Choice’ button will be enabled as per counselling schedule.
• If candidates fail to explicitly lock their choices by last date & time, their last saved choices will be
automatically locked by system after this deadline.
• All the features supporting to choose filling will be same as main counselling choice filling process.

2.5 Seat Allotment

• Choices of all such candidates who have completed all the steps will be processed as per business
rules.
• Last allotted choice of all those candidates who have paid the Additional Partial Admission Fee
successfully and not participated in the Special Round of counselling will also be processed for category
upgradation only.
• Conversion of Seat will be applicable in the Special Round of seat allotment as per conversion rules.

2.5.1 Seat Conversion Rule in Special Round

First Seat Allotment will be processed to all eligible candidates as per merit.
Then conversion of PwD seats into respective parent category i.e.
Open(PwD) --> Open
EWS(PwD) --> EWS
OBC (PwD) --> OBC
SC(PwD) --> SC
ST(PwD) --> ST and re-allotment
Then conversion of EWS=>Open
 After doing the all types of conversions (as above said), If there is any vacant seats available
in Open(PwD), EWS(PwD), OBC(PwD), SC(PwD), ST(PwD), EWS and OBC categories then
conversion rule will followed again. And this process will be followed until the seats in
Open(PwD), EWS(PwD), OBC(PwD), SC(PwD), ST(PwD) and EWS categories become ‘0’.
There is no conversion of SC & ST seats.
Finally, vacancy may exist only in Open, OBC, SC and ST category.

2.6 Document Verification Rules

For special round of counselling, document verification rules will be same as main rounds of
counselling.
3. Business operational policies and rules
3.1 General Rules
• All aspects of the counselling (registration, choice filling, allotment, payment of seat
acceptance fee, provisional admission etc.) will be in centralized online process only.
• The counselling will be for admission to the institutes and course as mentioned in the
approved seat matrix received from the Competent Authority and published in the website
www.nimcet.admissions.nic.in.
• Any candidate meeting the eligibility criteria and securing a rank in the NIMCET 2022, held for
the purpose, can register.
• There will be three rounds of counselling followed by one Special Round of Counselling.
• Registration is allowed only at the beginning of 1st round. Registration is mandatory for
counselling and admission. A non-registered candidate will NOT be allotted any seat at any
round under any circumstances except Special Round.

3.2 Eligibility Rules

3.2.1. Qualifying Exam

• Candidate must qualify the NIMCET 2022 Examination and must have AIR.

3.2.2 Academic Requirements

Indian Nationals securing at least 60% marks in aggregate or 6.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale
(55% marks or 6.0 CGPA on a 10-point scale in case of SC/ ST/PwD) in

(i) B.Sc. / B.Sc. (Hons) / BCA / BIT / B.Voc. (Computer Science/ Computer Applications /
Software development)/ BBA (Computer Applications) of minimum three years full-time
programme from a recognized University with Mathematics/ Statistics as one of the
subjects.
OR
(ii) B.E./ B.Tech. From a recognized University/Institution are eligible to appear for NIMCET-
2022.

3.2.3 Category List

• General
• General-EWS (GEN-EWS)
• OBC-NCL
• Scheduled Caste (SC)
• Scheduled Tribe (ST)

3.2.4 Sub-Category List

• PwD: Personal with Disability

3.2.5 Partitioning of candidates based on Category, Sub-Category and gender

• Category: any one out of (GEN, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST).
• Sub-Category Status: PwD
• Gender: Male, Female or Transgender

3.3 Seat Quota

• All seats are All India Quota (AI) Seats.
3.3.1 Seat Categories
The total intakes, offered by participating institutions, are divided into 10 different following
seat categories.

S.N. Types of Seats Eligible candidates

1. Open seats All candidates
2. Open PwD seats All PwD candidates
3. GEN-EWS seats All GEN-EWS candidates
4. GEN-EWS PwD seats All GEN-EWS PwD candidates
5. OBC seats All OBC-NCL candidates
6. OBC PwD seats All OBC-NCL PwD candidates
7. SC seats All SC candidates
8. SC-PwD seats All SC PwD Candidates
9. ST seats All ST candidates
10. ST-PwD seats All ST PwD candidates
4. Important Help points:

Anyone may be able to view website/portal of NIMCET Counselling-2022. The website will have the
information about Counselling, news & events, important links etc. Candidates can visit the home
page, registered themselves by filling Registration Form and sign-in for registered candidates.

4.1 Visit Home Page

On entering the URL https://nimcet.admissions.nic.in, the system will display the home page of the
website. The home page provides the option to login using NIMCET Application No. and password,
register as new candidate, important instructions, news & events etc. During this step all the eligible
candidates are required to register through Internet from places of their convenience.

4.1.1 View List of Participating Institutes

A list of participating institutes will be available on the website. It may contain institute type, institute
name, address, contact details etc.

4.2 View Seat Matrix

The seat matrix will be published in public domain and any one can view. The seat matrix will have the
various options for filtering seat matrix so that candidates can find out the intakes easily. Candidate
can view the seat matrix institute wise, category wise etc.

4.2.1 View Institute wise Seat Allotment Result

After completion of Seat Allotment Result in each round, a report will be published in public domain
to view the institute wise seat allotment result. This will be a list of allotted candidates which may
contains the NIMCET Application Number, candidate category, PwD, allotted rank etc. Candidate can
filter this list by institute wise.

4.2.2. View Opening and Closing Rank

After completion of Seat Allotment Result in each round, a report will be available in public domain to
view the round wise, institute wise opening and closing rank.

4.3 New Candidate Registration and Sign-in Page

On clicking the apply button, the system will redirect on the New Candidate Registration and Sign-in
Page. This page provides the facility to sign-in for registered candidates, new candidate registration,
and forget password.

4.3.1 View Instruction Page

• As the candidate will apply for an application form, the instruction page will be shown. This page
will have all the important instructions regarding business rules like eligibility rules, fee structures,
application form submission process, payment procedures etc.
• Candidate should read Instructions carefully, if agreed then proceed for registration.

4.3.2 Submit Registration Form

On the public home page, a link will be resided named as “New candidate Registration”. By clicking on
this link, registration form will be shown to the candidate. The candidate can register only in First
Round and Special Round Counselling.
 Fill On-line Registration Form
The candidate is required to enter NIMCET Application No., Name, Father Name and DOB will be
authenticated with the Rank Data provided by Organizing Institute. After successful authentication,
candidate needs to choose a password to complete the remaining steps for registration. After
successful registration, candidate will use the NIMCET Application No. and chosen password for
subsequent logins.

Review Filled Registration Form

After pressing the submit button of registration form, a review page will be shown to the candidate to
verify all the details filled in registration form before final submission.

Sending Confirmation Email for Registration

After successful registration, a confirmation email for registration will be sent to the candidate. The
email will contain the NIMCET Application No. and intimate the candidate to complete the remaining
steps of application form.

Sending Confirmation SMS for Registration

After successful registration, a confirmation SMS for registration will be sent to the candidate. The
SMS will contain the NIMCET Application No. and intimate the candidate to complete the remaining
steps of application form.

4.3.3 Forget Password

Candidate can reset his/her password by using the following options.

Reset password using reset link via registered email

Candidate has to enter their NIMCET Application No. If NIMCET Application No. entered by candidate
matches with backend database then system will send a reset link at the registered email- id.
Candidates are required to see their inbox and follow the online instruction for resetting the New
Password.

Reset password using a OTP via SMS

Candidate has to enter their NIMCET Application No. If NIMCET Application No. entered by candidate
matches with backend database then system will send verification code through SMS at the registered
mobile no. Candidates are required to enter verification code, if verification code matches with
database then system will prompt for resetting New Password.

4.4 Signed-in Candidate

For sign-in, candidate will enter system generated NIMCET Application No. and chosen password
provided at the time of registration. After successful login, candidate will be landed to candidate’s
home page.

4.4.1 Candidate Home Page

• After successful login, the system will automatically redirect to candidate’s home page.
• Candidates are advised not to disclose or share the password with anybody.
• Neither Organizing Institute nor NIC will be responsible for violation or misuse of the password
• Candidates should remember to log out at the end of their session so that the particulars
of the candidate cannot be tampered or modified by unauthorized persons. Candidates can
change the passwords after login, if desired.
4.4.2 Complete Registration Process
Application Form will be shown to the candidate to complete the Registration Process.

4.4.2.1 Fill On-line Multistep Application Form

The Application Form will be divided into multiple sections such personal detail, Qualification details
and Contact Detail and images/documents upload. The top part is “READ Only Mode” and showing
NIMCET Application No. and candidate’s name. Here candidate will edit the category and PwD status
and will provide the qualification Details along with the contact information.

• Review Application Form

After entering all the information, candidate has to click ‘Submit for Review' button. A review page
will be displayed to verify before final submission.

• Submit Application Form

Candidate has to verify entered data carefully and has to click “SAVE & FINAL SUBMIT” button.
Candidate cannot change the data after final submit.

After submission of Application Form, database of candidate will be updated and the same updated
database will be used for choice filling, Document verification and seat allocation.

4.4.3 Registration Fee Payment

After completion the Registration Process, candidate will pay the Registration Fee.

4.4.4 View Choice Availability

As per candidate eligibility and business rules, all valid choices will be shown to the candidate in terms
of institute name.

Filter Choices based on Institute Type/Institute

All the available choices can be filtered by Institute Type or/and Institute Name. Candidate can filter
the choices as per selected parameters.

4.4.5 Choice Filling and Locking

Filter Choices based on Institute Type/Institute Name

All the available choices can be filtered by Institute Type or/and Institute Name or/and Program.
Candidate can filter the choices as per selected parameters.

4.4.5.1 Choices Filling

All candidates who have registered and paid registration fee are required to submit their choices of
Institute in order of their preference.

● Candidates can fill in as many choices in the order of preference as they wish to from the list
of available choices.
● Candidates are permitted, if they so desire, to change or re-order their choices, delete
earlier choices and add new choices any number of times until they lock their final choices.
 ● Choices should be positively locked before last date & time failing which last saved choices
will be consider for seat allotment.
● Choices submitted in the 1st round of counselling will be processed up to 3rd round.

Add Choice
Choice filling page is divided into two panes. The left pane shows all available choices and the right
pane shows the all submitted choices. Candidates can add as many choices in the order of preference
as they wish to from the left pane (available choices). As they press the "Add" button of left pane to
add a particular choice, that choice will be added to the right pane and removed from the left pane.
The choices submitted and resides in right pane will be considered as submitted choices.

Delete Submitted Choice(s)

Candidate can delete any submitted choice by pressing "Delete" button of right pane (submitted
choices). As they press the “Delete” button of right pane, that choice will be removed from the right
pane and will be added in left pane (list of available choice).

Move-Up
Candidate can move up any submitted choice by pressing "Move Up" button. As candidate presses the
“Move Up” button, the choice will be shifted one place above and the above choice will be shifted one
place down. So, by doing this, candidate can move up any choice in the list of submitted choices.

Move-Down
Candidate can move down any submitted choice by pressing "Move Down" button. As candidate
presses the “Move Down” button, the choice will be shifted one place down and the below choice will
be shifted one place up. So by doing this, candidate can move down any choice in the list of submitted
choices.

4.4.5.2 Arrange Filled Choices

There is a separate interface to arrange the filled choices. Candidate can delete, move up and move
down any filled choice on single page.

4.4.5.3 Interchange Filled Choices

Candidate can interchange/swap two submitted choice by this interface. Two drop down list will be
available on this page. These lists will be populated by the filled choices. Candidate will choose the
different choices in the lists and press the interchange button. As candidate press the button, both the
choices will be interchanged.

4.4.5.4 Rearrange Choices

A separate page will be available to change/edit the preference order of multiple submitted choices.
All the submitted choices will be listed as per their preference order on this page and the preference
number will be in editable mode. Candidate can edit any preference order with a valid number and
submit the choices with new preference orders.
4.4.5.5 Multiple Deletion of Filled Choices
If any candidate wants to delete multiple submitted choices in a single go, then he/she will choose this
interface. For each submitted choices, there is a checkbox to select the choice. Candidate will select
the multiple choices and press the delete button to delete at a go.

4.4.5.6 Locking of Choices

• ‘Lock Choice’ button will be enabled as per schedule.
• Candidates MUST lock their choices only after they have finalized them but, in any case, before
last date & time. The locking of choices involves a few steps after the “Lock Choice” button is
clicked. This includes Agreement and re-entering of the password, confirming the locking, etc.
Candidate should follow all the steps carefully to complete the locking procedure.
• After Locking, system will redirect to the candidate’s Home page.
• If candidates fail to explicitly lock their choices by last date & time, their last saved choices will
be automatically locked by system after this deadline.
• Registered candidates who do not exercise any choices or fail to save them will not be
considered for seat allotment.

NOTE: ‘Saving’ a choice is NOT the same as 'Locking' a choice. A choice that is only saved but
not locked, can be retrieved later on and modified. The modified choice has to be saved again.
The old choice exercised earlier is lost. But a choice that is locked cannot be modified and saved
afresh.

4.4.6 Print Locked Choices

After locking, candidate may take printout of the locked choices.

4.4.7 Verify Mobile Number

Candidate can verify his/her mobile number at any point of time after login.
As candidate will click on desired link to verify the mobile number, a page will be shown to the
candidate. This page may have two options, one for send OTP and second for change mobile
number.

4.4.8 Send OTP

• As candidate clicks on the "Send OTP" button, a 6 digits numeric value will be sent on
candidate’s registered mobile number and a window will be prompt to enter this number.
• Candidate will enter that OTP and submit. If OTP matches, then the mobile number will be
treated as verified.

4.4.9 Change Mobile Number

• If candidate wants to change mobile number, he/she will click on the "Change Mobile
Number" button.
• As candidate click on this button, the system will ask to enter the new mobile number.
• The new mobile number will be considered as on verified and the candidate can verify
mobile no as per the above said process.

4.4.10 Verify Email Address

Candidate can verify his/her email address at any point of time after login.
 As candidate will click on desired link to verify the email address, a page will be shown to the
candidate. This page may have two options, one for send OTP and second for change email
address.

4.4.11 Send OTP

• As candidate clicks on the "Send OTP" button, a 6 digits numeric value will be sent on
candidate’s registered email address and a window will be shown to enter this number.
• Candidate will enter that OTP and submit. If OTP matches, then the email address will be
treated as verified.

4.5 Seat Allotment Result for each round

As per the schedule, seat allotment result of each round will be published on website. Candidate can
view seat allotment result by login with NIMCET Application Number and Password. After each round
of allotment, individual allotment result, institute wise allotment result and Opening and Closing ranks
will be published.

4.5.1 View Seat Allotment Result

Candidate can login with NIMCET Application Number and Password and see the result. If seat is
allotted then seat allotment result will be displayed which includes candidate’s basic details, allotment
details.

4.5.2 Download Provisional Seat Allotment Letter

This letter may have the candidate's basic detail (personal details, rank details), allotment details, &
schedule, seat acceptance fee payment details and important instructions for document verification.

4.5.3 Submit Willingness

Candidate will submit his/her willingness for the further rounds of counselling.

4.5.3.1 Upload Required Documents

System will show the list of documents as per the candidate credentials like category, PwD etc.
Candidate will upload all these documents for the document verification

4.5.4 Pay Seat Acceptance Fee

Candidates are required to make a payment through SBI MOPS against seat acceptance fee.

4.5.5 Respond the Query raised by document verification Officer

If any query is raised by document verification officer, candidate will respond the query and re-
upload his/her documents against which a query has been raised.

4.5.6 Download Provisional Admission Letter/Seat Cancellation Letter

After the completion of document verification, Candidate will be able to download the Download
Provisional Admission Letter if seat got confirmed. In case of cancellation, seat cancellation letter will
be generated.

4.5.7 Online Willingness change

After confirmation of the allotted seat during document verification, candidates can change their
willingness as per the business rules. System will ask to enter password and OTP (sent on the mobile
number). After successful verification only, candidates’ willingness will change.
4.5.8 Withdrawal from the Counselling after seat allotment
Candidates who have confirmed their seat by submitting willingness and paying seat
acceptance fee can opt to withdraw from the counselling during specified schedule.
Candidate is required to enter his/her password to confirm withdrawal. Once the
withdrawal is confirmed by the candidate, his/her allotted seat will be cancelled, and
candidate cannot participate in the subsequent round of counselling.
 IMPORTANT DATES for E Counseling and Admission
(Subjected to appropriate modification)
EVENT DATE
Date of Publication of Result Tuesday, 05/07/2022
Registration &Choice filling by paying the Thursday, 07/07/2022 to Tuesday,
nonrefundable counselling fees of Rs 1000 12/07/2022
First Round of Allotment. Thursday, 14/07/2022
Friday, 15/07/2022 to Tuesday,
First round of online reporting.
19/07/2022
Second round of Allotment / upgradation Thursday, 21/07/2022
Second round of online reporting only for Fresh Friday, 22/07/2022 to Monday,
allotees 25/07/2022
Third round of allotment/upgradation Wednesday, 27/07/2022
Third round of online reporting only for Fresh
allotees and Online Institute Admission by Thursday, 28/07/2022 to Monday,
paying the Partial Admission fees. 01/08/2022
.
Announcement of vacant seats Wednesday, 03/08/2022
Special Round:
Fresh Choice Filling and registration for the
vacant seats and likely to be vacant seats due to
upgradation.
Counselling fee for special round:
Registered for earlier rounds but seat not
allotted: Rs10,000 (Rs 9000 refundable if no
Thursday, 04/08/2022 to
seat is allotted)
Monday, 08/08/2022
Fresh registration (not registered earlier): Rs
11,000 (Rs 10000 refundable if no seat is
allotted)
Candidates allotted and withdrawn during 1-3
rounds: Nil
Candidates opted for float after 3rd round: nil

Special round of Seat allotment Wednesday, 10/08/2022

Tuesday, 16/08/2022 (tentative)
Reporting for offline admission at the finally
(Please confirm the exact date from
allotted institute for all allotees
allotted institute)

Note: Keep visiting the website regularly for any change and update